Gordonville, Missouri
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1922 and the latest in 1987. It stands in Hubble Township. It lies in ZIP code area 63701. The Survey maps it on the Gordonville quadrangle. 625 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 394 feet above sea level.
On record in Gordonville
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 1 record
- Shady Grove Cemeterylisted 2022
Population over time
2 figuresGordonville grew from 391 to 625 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 391 | |
| 2020 | 625 | +234 (+60%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 19 printed sheetsMatched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.
- 1922 USGS Cape Girardeau quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1924 USGS Cape Girardeau quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1949 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1950 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1964 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1967 USGS Gordonville quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Cape Girardeau quadrangle1:100000
- 1986 USGS Cape Girardeau quadrangle1:100000
- 1987 USGS Paducah quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
24 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 24 fires within 5 miles of Gordonville between 1996 and 2020, burning about 60 acres in total. None started naturally. None was recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 12 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 September 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.1 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 179144-01617-09162019-1108 |
| 16 September 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 179194-01617-09162019-1108 |
| 11 September 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 230867-01617-09112020-1605 |
| 30 August 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 177850-01617-08302018-1337 |
| 4 July 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 23 July 1996 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 20 July 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 20 July 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
8 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Gordonville: 7 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Clay. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Clay Pits | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Kasten Clay Products Pit & Plant | Clay | Producer | ||
| Unknown Clay | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Arnold Geisler Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Jackson Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Kestarson Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Ls | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Ls | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
14 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Gordonville in 14 storm reports between 1994 and 2025: 10 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 1 tornado. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gordonville | $100,000 | A microburst with estimated peak winds of 85 mph caused sporadic wind damage on the west side of Cape Girardeau, MO, during the early morning hours of April 2, 2024. Dozens of trees were uprooted or suffered damage to large tree limbs. A few homes also had shingle, siding, or facia damage. One home on W Highland Dr had more than half of the roof removed while a home on Woodbine Pl suffered roof damage after a tree fell on it. The microburst started just east of the path of an EF-0 tornado along County Road 318. Crossing over Interstate 55, damage continued into the west side of Cape Girardeau. The microburst was about 3.25 miles long and about 400 yards in width for the main damage swath, with isolated tree damage to the north. |
| December 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gordonville | $45,000 | On Route D north of Jackson, a large portion of roof was blown off a home, a metal carport was blown away, and a portion of a fence was blown down. Rainwater damaged the kitchen, laundry, and master bath. Elsewhere in the county, power lines were down near Gordonville. Several sheets of tin were wrapped around a tree in Fruitland. Shingles were blown off a home near Route K. |
| January 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gordonville | $25,000 | Thunderstorm winds were estimated near 70 MPH at Gordonville. Elsewhere in Cape Girardeau County, a roof was blown off a house at the intersection of County Road 473 and 472. Numerous trees and power lines were down on County Roads 206, 203, and 214. |
| May 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gordonville | $25,000 | no account filed |
| March 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gordonville | $15,000 | A barn collapsed and was destroyed. A cow inside was killed, and several others were injured. |
| May 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gordonville | $6,000 | The roof was blown off a barn. Several trees were blown down. |
| April 2024 | Tornado (EF0) | Gordonville | $5,000 | A brief EF-0 tornado uprooted a few trees and downed several large tree limbs along County Rd 319 in central Cape Girardeau County during the early morning hours. The tornadic circulation quickly diminished as the storm moved east, but continued to produce sporadic straight line wind damage as it moved east-southeast into the west side of Cape Girardeau. Peak winds were estimated at 80 mph. |
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gordonville | $2,000 | Large tree limbs were blown down. |
| August 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gordonville | $1,000 | Straight-line thunderstorm winds blew down a large portion of a tree north of Gordonville. |
| June 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gordonville | $500 | Trees and power lines were blown down in the Jackson and Gordonville areas. This storm later produced 0.75-inch diameter hail near the intersection of County Roads F and OO. |
| June 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gordonville | - | Lots of tree damage was reported along Highway 25 from Gordonville to Jackson. |
| March 2018 | Hail | Gordonville | - | no account filed |
| April 2017 | Hail | Gordonville | - | no account filed |
| April 2002 | Hail | Gordonville | - | no account filed |
Nearest settlements
The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tilsit | 3.6 miles | 19 | |
| Houck | 3.7 miles | 19 | |
| Dutchtown | 4.2 miles | 19 | |
| Cedar Cliffs | 4.8 miles | 20 | |
| Jackson | 5.0 miles | 19 | |
| Nash | 6.0 miles | 21 | |
| Blomeyer | 6.1 miles | 20 | |
| Elmwood (historical) | 6.6 miles | 21 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Gordonville | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2178428 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 731575. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.










